Kitsilano Foreshore Project

Fossil Gallery

The images below are a collection of fossils that have been found in the Kitsilano Foreshore deposits. They range from dense accumulations of leaves to fruits, seed and even flowers. Click on the images to open them in a larger format.

Most of these fossils have either been preserved and added to the Below BC collection, or donated to researchers for additional study.

Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

Fossil Chestnut, Dunbar Street end

Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

Taxodium fossils

Collection of branches and leaf remains, Dunbar Street end

Chestnut (?) Flowers, Dunbar Street end

Fossilized branch

Taxodium fossils

Fern (eastern beds)

Small seed / fruit

Detail of seed surface

Unknown plant

Fossil flowers (Wingnut?)

Salix catkin

Hazelnut (?) fossil

Unknown fossil flowers

Leaf fossil

Chestnut and ?Hazelnut seed

Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

Leaf assemblage, Dunbar Street end

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